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as someone who is going to run for election in two years and has to get elected. do you get a sense that there's anyone who cares about this conflict from a political standpoint other than the groups that are obviously very, very invested in it? >> i think mostly it's the groups. my jewish constituency, most of which was taken out of my district in redistricting, cares strongly about it, understandably so. and the african-american community, which is the predominance of my district, i think it's a mixed feeling. but i think a lot of people relate with the palestinians. as being the underdogs and being like that and they see some ways, analogy to the struggle for civil rights. it's a mixed bag. but it's part of the whole agreement we've got to come to on the budget and part of the budget that some people want to have cut out is foreign aid. but we are the world's number one country. and as the world's number one country, we have certain obligations, not just for trade and commerce, but for humanitarian reasons there are things going on right now in goma where we ne
as someone who is going to run for election in two years and has to get elected. do you get a sense that there's anyone who cares about this conflict from a political standpoint other than the groups that are obviously very, very invested in it? >> i think mostly it's the groups. my jewish constituency, most of which was taken out of my district in redistricting, cares strongly about it, understandably so. and the african-american community, which is the predominance of my district, i...
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. >> i lost the presidential election. what will you do? go to disneyland. >> exactly. >> people accuse him of being there all alistening. >> but look. if you look at that list of people we had on politico's home page, 18 republicans. here's the good news. four minorities and no one old enough to take social security. if you're a republican and just wiped out in this election, you're ready to look to 2016. you don't care about mitt romney anymore. you're like, okay, what do we have? we have a bright future here with women, minorities, with younger people and it's never too early. we're politico -- political junkies here. marco rubio has already been to iowa. >> there is a deep bempbl of smart talent on the right. several names of front-runners. but take a listen to what jeb bush jr. and senator ran paul are saying about that very issue. >> your dad going to run for president? >> i don't know. no comment. i certainly hope so. >> going to be another paul for president campaign? >> that's classified. i can't tell you that. you don't have clear
. >> i lost the presidential election. what will you do? go to disneyland. >> exactly. >> people accuse him of being there all alistening. >> but look. if you look at that list of people we had on politico's home page, 18 republicans. here's the good news. four minorities and no one old enough to take social security. if you're a republican and just wiped out in this election, you're ready to look to 2016. you don't care about mitt romney anymore. you're like, okay, what...
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but first of all there's going to be an election in israel. he has to see who the prime minister emerges and what kind of coalition had he's got. and then there's the question of what happens on the palestinian side. we've been discussing how divided they are, how weakened the leadership of the palestinian authority has become as a result of this. hamas is the anti-peace party, not the pro-peace party. it really depends on whether there's -- >> i would disagree with the anti-peace party in the sense -- >> see the destruction of israel -- >> hamas would like to be is the replacement for the peace party. given the chance, i believe they would probably want to function very much like the plo functioned in the old days. they want the legitimacy. they want to be driving the street just as the muslim brotherhood became the new mubarak, the hamas people would become the new palestinian authority if given the chance. the question is do you want to reward them for 20 years of very bad behavior, sabotaging peace when it might have been possible and simp
but first of all there's going to be an election in israel. he has to see who the prime minister emerges and what kind of coalition had he's got. and then there's the question of what happens on the palestinian side. we've been discussing how divided they are, how weakened the leadership of the palestinian authority has become as a result of this. hamas is the anti-peace party, not the pro-peace party. it really depends on whether there's -- >> i would disagree with the anti-peace party...
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it's a good thing to say election's over, we're going to come together. the problem is i don't think the meeting with mitt romney gets the president much of anything other than to get him in a room and be like, dude, free stuff, really? you know what i mean? beyond that you don't -- >> reaching out to the rival -- >> i think it plays well into the larger narrative of the week, which is, and last week, trying to talk to everybody, get everybody in to say their piece about what they should or shouldn't do, what their concerns are. it's very smart the president's going to jump over my colleagues here from washington and go right to the people, because that is a lot of power that he holds in his hand with his connection with the people and that database and he did not use last time. >> twitter feed oop. the business community, right? he had ceos, romney supporters, regular ceos who may have voted democratic. seeking reconciliation with the president, president obama's meeting with business leaders repairing a troubled relationship known more for conflict than
it's a good thing to say election's over, we're going to come together. the problem is i don't think the meeting with mitt romney gets the president much of anything other than to get him in a room and be like, dude, free stuff, really? you know what i mean? beyond that you don't -- >> reaching out to the rival -- >> i think it plays well into the larger narrative of the week, which is, and last week, trying to talk to everybody, get everybody in to say their piece about what they...
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their first meeting since they traded barbs in a contentious election. romney has been keeping a pretty low profile in the three weeks since the election. he has made no public appearances. there you see him. unlike losing candidates in the past, he had no job in washington to return to. nbc's kristen welker live at the white house. let's get into this. these meetings, i'm sure this was very civil. surely romney's comments leading up to this meeting about how president obama won this election was probably on the president's mind today. >> reporter: well, you would have to imagine that those comments were, thomas. however, i did ask white house press secretary jay carney if romney's comments that president obama won because he gave some of his key constituents gifts weighed in on the luncheon or if the op-ed written by chief romney strategist stewart stevens suggested president obama won because he's an african-american president who got middle class voters to vote for him, if any of these recent comments overshadowed or clouded this lunch. carney essenti
their first meeting since they traded barbs in a contentious election. romney has been keeping a pretty low profile in the three weeks since the election. he has made no public appearances. there you see him. unlike losing candidates in the past, he had no job in washington to return to. nbc's kristen welker live at the white house. let's get into this. these meetings, i'm sure this was very civil. surely romney's comments leading up to this meeting about how president obama won this election...
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>> richard, doesn't this go to the point heather was making which is we had an election, elections have consequences. >> right. >> and unless you're the house republican majority, in which case maybe they don't, david fromme, a recovering conservative of sorts made a political observation that in the last six presidential races, republicans have won a majority of the votes, exactly once in 2004. here we are again in a post-minority moment, and they are acting like they have the biggest mandate ever. >> yeah. you know, they're asking for the cranberry sauce when they need to cook the turkey first. they need to have the deal done, do the work, and then think about the rest of the agenda. all the trimmings of the, you know, health care and everything else they want to do. first thing's first. compromise. they know this is going to happen. this is the head fake. this is them saying, we really are trying to go for something else, but first of all, we've actually got to compromise because we lost. >> who's the head fake for? >> well, i think it's for people like rush limbaugh, to be honest. t
>> richard, doesn't this go to the point heather was making which is we had an election, elections have consequences. >> right. >> and unless you're the house republican majority, in which case maybe they don't, david fromme, a recovering conservative of sorts made a political observation that in the last six presidential races, republicans have won a majority of the votes, exactly once in 2004. here we are again in a post-minority moment, and they are acting like they have...
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i think huntsman would have been a tough general election candidate. i can tell you he's a good guy. we looked at his profile in the general election and thought he would have been difficult. >> what's good about huptsman that makes him a good candidate? >> he wasn't good enough to get the nomination. the idea that moderate republicans are in vogue now. i think you're increasingly seeing that to be the case. a lot of people are saying the last four years haven't been so good for the republican party. you can see that in the electoral results. >>> tim mak, appreciate you waying in. >> thank you. >>> up next, shoppers are making their list and checking them twice. what do you need to know to survive the holiday buying system. >>> why thousands of walmart workers are walking off the job. keep it here on msnbc. into their work, their name on the door, and their heart into their community. small business saturday is a day to show our support. a day to shop at stores owned by our friends and neighbors. and do our part for the businesses that do so much for u
i think huntsman would have been a tough general election candidate. i can tell you he's a good guy. we looked at his profile in the general election and thought he would have been difficult. >> what's good about huptsman that makes him a good candidate? >> he wasn't good enough to get the nomination. the idea that moderate republicans are in vogue now. i think you're increasingly seeing that to be the case. a lot of people are saying the last four years haven't been so good for the...
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-- newly re-elected president obama. this is the grounds for him blocking america from having a secretary of state at all right now. he will not confirm anybody to replace hillary clinton, because he's so angry that susan rice, he says, supposedly said something wrong on a sunday show. i mean, if you say something wrong on a sunday show, if you say something wrong on a sunday show, obviously, that's the end! your career is over. the world has to come to a halt, right? >> i believe that it will not be nearly as difficult as some allege. i believe that this conflict is still going to be relatively short. we're going to prevail. we will win. and it will be one of the best thing that's happened to america in the world for a long time. because it will reverberate throughout the middle east. once democracy works in iraq, the days of the religious extremists and the despots in the middle east are gone and the breeding ground for terrorism will be -- begin to dry up. >> what's our timetable? how much time do we have for iran to
-- newly re-elected president obama. this is the grounds for him blocking america from having a secretary of state at all right now. he will not confirm anybody to replace hillary clinton, because he's so angry that susan rice, he says, supposedly said something wrong on a sunday show. i mean, if you say something wrong on a sunday show, if you say something wrong on a sunday show, obviously, that's the end! your career is over. the world has to come to a halt, right? >> i believe that it...
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it's like the election didn't happen. it's kind of back to where the president was negotiating with the republicans when they had a stronger hand and threatening the full faith and credit of the united states of america and economic collapse. he won big about talking about taxing the upper income people. and you know, not hitting the middle class with more cuts and social security, medicare, medicaid. social security not a penny to the debt or deficit. medicare, he wants a quart of a billion over ten years, easy. let's negotiate prescription drug prices like every other advanced industrial nation in the world does. that saves a quarter of a billion dollars a year for med care. medicaid is a key part of obama i don't know and what mr. plouffe was talking about. i think he got the republican talking points mixed up with his. >> you know what? that was my first impression when i saw the videotape, as well. the question comes up, what are you willing to accept in a deal when it comes to programs like medicare and medicaid? >>
it's like the election didn't happen. it's kind of back to where the president was negotiating with the republicans when they had a stronger hand and threatening the full faith and credit of the united states of america and economic collapse. he won big about talking about taxing the upper income people. and you know, not hitting the middle class with more cuts and social security, medicare, medicaid. social security not a penny to the debt or deficit. medicare, he wants a quart of a billion...
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was going to win that election. i think that claim is absurd. >> absurd or absolutely spot on. something is up here. what they are saying they are doing here is so stupid as to not plausibly explain what they are doing. something else explains what they are doing. i don't think we have gotten to the bottom of it yet but something is up. >>> do you know why i am wearing my patented jacket my mom told me never to wear on tv again. because they officially lit the rockefeller christmas tree. do you want to see it go? go, go, ready. here we go! yea! there it is. [ male announcer ] we all make bad decisions. like say, gas station sushi. cheap is good. and sushi, good. but cheap sushi, not so good. it's like that super-low rate on not enough car insurance. pretty sketchy. ♪ and then there are the good decisions. like esurance. their coverage counselor tool helps you choose the right coverage for you at a great price. [ stomach growls ] without feeling queasy. that's insurance for the modern world. esurance. now backed by
was going to win that election. i think that claim is absurd. >> absurd or absolutely spot on. something is up here. what they are saying they are doing here is so stupid as to not plausibly explain what they are doing. something else explains what they are doing. i don't think we have gotten to the bottom of it yet but something is up. >>> do you know why i am wearing my patented jacket my mom told me never to wear on tv again. because they officially lit the rockefeller...
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was going to win that election. i think that claim is absurd. >> absurd or absolutely spot on. something is up here. what they are saying they are doing here is so stupid as to not plausibly explain what they are doing. something else explains what they are doing. i don't think we have gotten to the bottom of it yet but something is up. [ ding! ] ...and get longer nighttime cough relief. use alka-seltzer plus night cold & flu... [ coughs ] [ buzz! ] [ screams ] ...and you could find yourself... honey? ...on the couch. nyquil d. 50% longer cough and stuffy nose relief. honey? ...on the couch. try running four.ning a restaurant is hard, fortunately we've got ink. it gives us 5x the rewards on our internet, phone charges and cable, plus at office supply stores. rewards we put right back into our business. this is the only thing we've ever wanted to do and ink helps us do it. make your mark with ink from chase. can i still ship a gift in time for christmas? yeah, sure you can. great. where's your gift? uh... whew. [ mal
was going to win that election. i think that claim is absurd. >> absurd or absolutely spot on. something is up here. what they are saying they are doing here is so stupid as to not plausibly explain what they are doing. something else explains what they are doing. i don't think we have gotten to the bottom of it yet but something is up. [ ding! ] ...and get longer nighttime cough relief. use alka-seltzer plus night cold & flu... [ coughs ] [ buzz! ] [ screams ] ...and you could find...
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was going to win that election. i think that claim is absurd. >> absurd or absolutely spot on. something is up here. what they are saying they are doing here is so stupid as to not plausibly explain what they are doing. something else explains what they are doing. i don't think we have gotten to the bottom of it yet but something is up. copd makes it hard to breathe, but with advair, i'm breathing better. so now i can be in the scene. advair is clinically proven to help significantly improve lung function. unlike most copd medications, advair contains both an anti-inflammatory and a long-acting bronchodilator working together to help improve your lung function all day. advair won't replace fast-acting inhalers for sudden symptoms and should not be used more than twice a day. people with copd taking advair may have a higher chance of pneumonia. advair may increase your risk of osteoporosis and some eye problems. tell your doctor if you have a heart condition or high blood pressure before taking advair. if you're stil
was going to win that election. i think that claim is absurd. >> absurd or absolutely spot on. something is up here. what they are saying they are doing here is so stupid as to not plausibly explain what they are doing. something else explains what they are doing. i don't think we have gotten to the bottom of it yet but something is up. copd makes it hard to breathe, but with advair, i'm breathing better. so now i can be in the scene. advair is clinically proven to help significantly...
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on election day it was 51.48. it's expanded to 51-47. then colorado, 51-47 on election day. the big surprise is with rounding, 52-46. we'll talk about colorado in a minute. let's bring in my colleague at the white house, nbc's mike viqueira, former adviser to george bush and sarah feagin and doug thorn nell. welcome all. good to be with you. sarah, the colorado number is the one most striking. these provisional ballots has come in. it takes this country three weeks to count votes. it's a good thing we weren't waiting here. we've been through one of those. colorado, that's the one that surprised me. >> it surprised a lot of people. >> not a large african-american population. a hispanic population that is more conservative in nature, one that there was an expectation that romney, if he didn't win, was only going to lose by a point. >> i think both sides misread colorado. >> they both did. the obama campaign thought it would be razor close. >> there is a challenge which is we can't be down five or six points in states that used to be reliably republican. >> this is not very fun
on election day it was 51.48. it's expanded to 51-47. then colorado, 51-47 on election day. the big surprise is with rounding, 52-46. we'll talk about colorado in a minute. let's bring in my colleague at the white house, nbc's mike viqueira, former adviser to george bush and sarah feagin and doug thorn nell. welcome all. good to be with you. sarah, the colorado number is the one most striking. these provisional ballots has come in. it takes this country three weeks to count votes. it's a good...
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after tallying up nearly all the election votes, mitt romney is likely to get 47% of the vote. the cook political report says that new votes from maryland put him at 47.56%, wand new numbers expected from new york and california, romney will likely end up below 47.5%, but still that magic number there, 47%. >>> there's ban few romney sightings lately. he went to d disney land with the family yesterday. he rode some rides, you can see him there, took time out to shake hands with people. and one man caught romney filling up his gas tank near his home in la jolla. >>> joe kennedy i.ii getting married next week. that's grandson of robert f. kennedy, the first kennedy back in congress since patrick retired in 2010. want to try to crack it? yeah, that's the way to do it! now we need a little bit more... [ male announcer ] at humana, we understand the value of quality time and personal attention. which is why we are proud to partner with health care professionals who understand the difference that quality time with our members can make... that's a very nice cake! ohh! [ giggles ] [ ma
after tallying up nearly all the election votes, mitt romney is likely to get 47% of the vote. the cook political report says that new votes from maryland put him at 47.56%, wand new numbers expected from new york and california, romney will likely end up below 47.5%, but still that magic number there, 47%. >>> there's ban few romney sightings lately. he went to d disney land with the family yesterday. he rode some rides, you can see him there, took time out to shake hands with people....
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and in this election we started to roll back the tea party tide. the major tea party icons in congress were defeated because their own constituents had rejected their rejectionism, had rejected their extremism. so we continue to be ready, willing, and able to compromise, to find common ground, to solve problems with republicans and we're going to continue to recruit and run people in districts throughout this country who are interested primarily in moving this country forward and solving problems. >> one of those tea party favorite, florida representative alan west, finally conceded to patrick murphy in when was one of the most probably high-profile congressional races in the country. are you suggesting, though, that the tea party is not much of a factor anymore? >> well, we rolled back the tea party tide. alan west, for example, ran proudly as a tea party icon. he said that the majority of democrats in congress were communists. that kind of extremism and that kind of rhetoric just doesn't fit. most districts in america. if you've got a fairly mode
and in this election we started to roll back the tea party tide. the major tea party icons in congress were defeated because their own constituents had rejected their rejectionism, had rejected their extremism. so we continue to be ready, willing, and able to compromise, to find common ground, to solve problems with republicans and we're going to continue to recruit and run people in districts throughout this country who are interested primarily in moving this country forward and solving...
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meantime, the obama campaign is still fuming over some of the polls that got it wrong leading up to election day. the editor in chief for gallop whiched so mitt romney with a bigger lead admits gallup might have overestimated the get-out-the-oat efforts. >>> it's time for a geography quiz. put on your thinking caps. what is the name of this country? all right. if you said mexico, then you were wrong. our neighbors to the south actually go by the official title estados unidos mexicanos which is translated the united mexican states. but felipe calderon is making one last attempt to change the official name to mexico. >>> you weren't the only one tweeting out thanksgiving pictures. cindy mccain grabbed this picture of her husband john mccain. he's in the green cap getting ready to deep fry a turkey. and senator marco rubio is showing off his bird. this is his bird ready to eat. the obama campaign tweeted this black and white picture to mark the holiday showing a much younger first family. and that is your morning dish of "scrambled politics." >>> investors had the day off for thanksgiving and t
meantime, the obama campaign is still fuming over some of the polls that got it wrong leading up to election day. the editor in chief for gallop whiched so mitt romney with a bigger lead admits gallup might have overestimated the get-out-the-oat efforts. >>> it's time for a geography quiz. put on your thinking caps. what is the name of this country? all right. if you said mexico, then you were wrong. our neighbors to the south actually go by the official title estados unidos mexicanos...
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it's until there's a new constitution and a new elected parliament. however, temporary is always permanent. every single arab state, including mubarak's egypt. every arab state uses temporary -- >> mubarak has -- >> israel uses emergency laws from 1945. hitler never suspended the constitution. he's never aggregated it. he suspended it for four years. every four years until the soviet army overran berlin. temporary is permanent. that means, this is the way it is until you force me. >> in all the cases hussein is talking about, there's a marriage between the apparatus and the dictator. >> explain what you mean. >> you have the army ready to crack heads if people didn't like your temporary situation. >> we should all remember the context here. the security forces, their number one enemy were islamists, the muslim brotherhood. morsi did time in prison. they were tortured. security forces have an institutional memory of finding, spying on and imprisoning and beating the same people -- >> the top two generals in the army, right? >> they are behold ent to hi
it's until there's a new constitution and a new elected parliament. however, temporary is always permanent. every single arab state, including mubarak's egypt. every arab state uses temporary -- >> mubarak has -- >> israel uses emergency laws from 1945. hitler never suspended the constitution. he's never aggregated it. he suspended it for four years. every four years until the soviet army overran berlin. temporary is permanent. that means, this is the way it is until you force me....
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a lot of elections don't have consequences, midterm elections. this was supposed to be a status quo election. but something happened here. i think the fever is starting to break. >> absolutely. you're going to see it, i think, on immigration reform, and i think you're going to see it on spending and taxation. and you don't have to effect or change basic tax rates. as you know, there's all sorts of things you can do on so-called tax expenditure dealing with home mortgage deductions, dealing with state and local taxes. also there's things obviously on the spending side, entitlements and domestic spending, this isn't that hard. this is, if you will, a mini-package. this isn't necessarily on the scale of simpson-bowles. it doesn't need to be. this ought to be doable. >> john heilemann, obviously both sides have to give. everyone's been saying that. there needs to be room for compromise, figure out how to get there. how does a deal look? is there a possibility of a deal without extending the bush tax cuts for people who make under $250,000 only? is th
a lot of elections don't have consequences, midterm elections. this was supposed to be a status quo election. but something happened here. i think the fever is starting to break. >> absolutely. you're going to see it, i think, on immigration reform, and i think you're going to see it on spending and taxation. and you don't have to effect or change basic tax rates. as you know, there's all sorts of things you can do on so-called tax expenditure dealing with home mortgage deductions,...
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talking about the importance of coming together in the wake of the election. also, thanking the troops for their service. and he reminded americans that there are some folks who are suffering in the wake of hurricane sandy. take a listen to a little bit more of what the president had to say. >> it will be a long time before life gets back to normal for them. but in the midst of so much tragedy, there are also glimmers of hope. over the past few weeks we've seen fema personnel and national guard and first responders working around the clock in hard-hit communities. >> now, yesterday, alex, much lighter note. president obama pardoned the official thanksgiving turkey. cobbler and his alternate gobbler, who will live out the rest of their days in mount vernon. two lucky birds. president obama and the first daughters also went to a local food bank to serve the folks there who are in need on this thanksgiving holiday. >> thoughtful gesture on both fronts. kristen, thank you so much. >>> let's get back to the political cease-fire with our panel. hello, guys, glad you
talking about the importance of coming together in the wake of the election. also, thanking the troops for their service. and he reminded americans that there are some folks who are suffering in the wake of hurricane sandy. take a listen to a little bit more of what the president had to say. >> it will be a long time before life gets back to normal for them. but in the midst of so much tragedy, there are also glimmers of hope. over the past few weeks we've seen fema personnel and national...
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he won the election, he told labor leaders last week, prior to meetings on friday, with capitol hill leaders he was going to hold the line. the white house's taking a tough tact here. >> congressman ellison suggests that is not enough on politics nation last night. let's take a listen. >> all of those guys who signed pledges for grover norquist, they're still around. i think the tea party was somewhat of a fleeting moment. here one day, gone the next. but those entrenched interests that always want to push more and more of the cost of running society on the people who can least afford it, they haven't gone anywhere. i think it's a good time to start thinking about some protests and some folks calling for a fair deal for the american people. >> steve, do you think this is something that's going to inspire people to make their voices heard like the tea party, there on the other side? i don't know about here today, gone the next? do you think they're really gone or they're here? >> they're absolutely here. they're a major force. if the tea party and fiscal conservatives weren't hammerin
he won the election, he told labor leaders last week, prior to meetings on friday, with capitol hill leaders he was going to hold the line. the white house's taking a tough tact here. >> congressman ellison suggests that is not enough on politics nation last night. let's take a listen. >> all of those guys who signed pledges for grover norquist, they're still around. i think the tea party was somewhat of a fleeting moment. here one day, gone the next. but those entrenched interests...
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and i like getting elected. that's what they said. jim, grover has no power outside of the issue that he carries. is that 100% correct? 1,000% correct? >> it's true because he's not the nra. he does not have an activist base that's therefore going to put the kind of pressure that the nra can put on people when it comes to gun issues. his power comes from we all write about him, we all talk about him, and he's the anti-tax guy. i will say -- i totally agree with you. power comes from saying what every single republican agrees with. and even this editorial and other stories on this subject, yes, a couple people are publicly challenging him. still 98% of elected republican officials are now. this is still the dominant theology -- >> and why are they not? not because of grover, but because of theology. >> right. >> this is all anti-tax theology. and the second people stop believing that taxes are -- raising taxes are bad, then grover may go on to being against artificial fillers and popcorn. >> and that's beginning. and you need to see --
and i like getting elected. that's what they said. jim, grover has no power outside of the issue that he carries. is that 100% correct? 1,000% correct? >> it's true because he's not the nra. he does not have an activist base that's therefore going to put the kind of pressure that the nra can put on people when it comes to gun issues. his power comes from we all write about him, we all talk about him, and he's the anti-tax guy. i will say -- i totally agree with you. power comes from...
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since his re-election mr. obama has fueled a campaign-style effort to pressure republicans to give ground on taxes. that's fine, but it won't be enough. at some point he has to prepare the american people and his own supporters most of all for the hard decisions required to put the country on a sound financial footing. that means spending cuts. it means entitlement reform and a balanced solution that will please neither house speaker john a. boehner nor senator majority leader harry reid. in a position to make it happen. >> i think that's right. when the time comes, if we get to the time where a grand bargain of, you know, big deal that would take care of the nation's fiscal challenges for the next 10 or 20 or 30 year, the president will have to be the one who lays it all out and he's argued for a balanced approach, has offered, you know, $3 in spending cuts to every $1 in tax increases. what he campaigned on. he's in a good position to make that case. not -- the moment is not right exactly right now but i thi
since his re-election mr. obama has fueled a campaign-style effort to pressure republicans to give ground on taxes. that's fine, but it won't be enough. at some point he has to prepare the american people and his own supporters most of all for the hard decisions required to put the country on a sound financial footing. that means spending cuts. it means entitlement reform and a balanced solution that will please neither house speaker john a. boehner nor senator majority leader harry reid. in a...